Today Google launched a new version of Google Maps for mobile with the same street-level imagery available on desktop! Download (OTA): m.google.com/maps / google.com/gmm Wondering if the restaurant in your search results is the one you’re thinking of? Just click "Street View" after your search to see the storefront. Unsure about a complicated intersection in your directions? Use Street View to see a photo, so there’s no mistaking your turn. You can also launch Street View from any address where we have photography, or simply by clicking on the map and selecting "Str...

Nokia and Symbian were behind school yesterday and Nokia was smoking cloves and Symbian was reading some book and then Nokia as all like “Did you see what Google did?” and Symbian was like “Uh huh Whatdafuk?” and Nokia was all like “Garr garrr I’m Androad” and Symbian was all like “I’m Anchoad” and then Symbian was like: “About every three months this year there has been a mobile Linux initiative of some sort launched. “It’s a bit like the common cold. It keeps coming round and then we go back to business. We don’t participate in these full stop. We make our own pl...

Google Maps has just added even more information for your geographical perusal, including the option to place links to Wikipedia articles and geotagged photos from Panoramio on top of your maps. It’s a cool way to see shots of areas taken with a more artful eye than the Street View vans as well as check out info written by strangers and verified by nobody of authority. It’s also added real estate listings, which you can turn on under the “search options” link. The future is now! [Google Maps via Lifehacker] ...